Wednesday, February 13, 2013

El Anatsui at the Brooklyn Museum

Spectacular spectacular. Saw this show today
at the comfy cozy Brooklyn Museum, the museum of my youth, and they are
beautiful, large and imposing. These great big wall pieces are real
crowd pleaser's, and there's nothing wrong with that, and
yet am I already tired of El Anatsui and his bottle caps? Are they too
pretty for me, too easy, too OMG, I don't know, but I kind of sleep
walked through the exhibition my visual senses on remote. Then there is
the problem (for me anyway) of them being made by many many assistants
and lets hope that they are being well paid for their intensive labor
that these pieces demand. These works are like taking a trip to see some
fantastic scenic wonders, maybe a national park and you get out of your
car go wow and snap some pictures, get back in your car and move on to
the next spectacular view for some more picture taking, some more wows.
Maybe I've had my fill of wows. The show is on until August 4th so there
is plenty of time for you to make up your own mind. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/el_anatsui/